Spitamenes (Persia Lama Spitamana; Yunani Σπιταμένης; 370 SM – 328 SM) adalah seorang panglima perang Sogdia[1][2] dan pemimpin pemberontakan di Sogdiana dan Baktria melawan Aleksander Agung, Raja Makedonia, pada 329 SM. Ia disebut oleh para sejarawan modern sebagai salah satu lawan paling gigih dari Aleksander.[3]
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- ↑ Magill, Frank N. et al. (1998), The Ancient World: Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 1, Pasadena, Chicago, London,: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Salem Press, p. 1010, ISBN0-89356-313-7.
- ↑ Holt, Frank L. (1989), Alexander the Great and Bactria: the Formation of a Greek Frontier in Central Asia, Leiden, New York, Copenhagen, Cologne: E. J. Brill, pp 64–65 (see footnote #63 for a discussion on Spitamenes and Apama), ISBN90-04-08612-9.
- ↑ Mairs, Rachel (2020). The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek World (dalam bahasa Inggris). Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-351-61027-8. Interest in 'great men' was no longer limited to Alexander, but also to Central Asian figures, in particular the Sogdian Spitamenes, one of Alexander's most tenacious adversaries, connected to Samarkand, whose satrap he had been [...]
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